The Best Real Housewives Feuds of All Time

Posted by Amber Dowling May 19, 2020.

From rumour mills and Puppygates to screaming matches and epic vacations with unexpected rifts, we’re breaking down the most memorable feuds to ever hit the Real Housewives franchise. Watch out for those flying wine glasses!

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Nene Leakes and Kenya Moore

It’s no secret Nene had little love for many of the women at the beginning of RHOA season 12 (and vice-versa), but things got extra heated when producers had to hold Nene back from going at her biggest rival, Kenya, during a trip to Toronto. It’s hard to believe these two were once friends, right? Their feud goes back to when Nene invited Kenya’s ex, Walter, to her wedding and Kenya refused to go. The relationship went downhill from there, with Nene once calling out Kenya in front of her guests at a charity event, constantly accusing her of hiring fake boyfriends, even saying that her former bestie looked like she was going to give birth to a buffalo while she was pregnant. You can’t really blame Kenya for making it clear she has no interest in rekindling that friendship.

Kelly Bensimon and Bethenny Frankel

Don’t ever call Bethenny a cook. Kelly learned that the hard way on RHONY during the third-season outing to what’s now famously called “Scary Island.” There the feud between B and K hit a crescendo as everyone believed Kelly was having a nervous breakdown (she claimed she couldn’t sleep because she thought Bethenny would kill her). Over the years, the pair have subsequently made some choice comments about each other. Most recently Kelly relived the entire experience by dragging Bethenny in the press about how she carried herself while she was pregnant. She also claimed that Bethenny only pretended to visit her dying father for the cameras, and then spilt some tea on her supposed diva antics on-set. Clearly, she’s dying to rekindle the friendship.

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Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump

We’ve all seen the, “Goodbye Kyle” clip about a zillion times on RHOBH now, but that’s because it signifies the basic end of Kyle and Lisa’s friendship. Sure, they’d both had rifts in the past, but when Kyle stuck up for Dorit during the entire Puppygate fiasco it was like a line had been drawn in the sand. And even though they both tried off-camera, Kyle and Lisa’s friendship has never been the same. (You could argue it’s even haunted Kyle during season 10, as Kyle and Dorit go head-to-head over glam and the importance of “being honest.”)

Vicki Gunvalson and Kelly Dodd

Many Housewives fight, yell, throw things and bicker, but how many of them hate each other so much that a lawsuit is involved? Yet when Kelly supposedly called Vicki a con-woman who preys on old people during an unaired episode of RHOC you can bet that Vicki opened up a defamation suit. Eventually the suit was dropped and the pair seemed to reconcile during a spa trip in Arizona, but we wouldn’t exactly call them friends. After all, you don’t ignite rumours of your friends being involved in sex trains, pile on the Miss Piggy nicknames, or refuse to film with them for almost an entire season.

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Lisa Rinna and Kim Richards

In case anyone needed a reminder of Lisa and Kim’s feud it was front-and-centre in season 10 of RHOBH when Lisa used it as an example of how Kyle doesn’t always stick up for her. But the pair’s dislike for each other goes back way further than that. It all started when Lisa questioned Kim’s sobriety and forgot that she’d already publicly discussed it, and things got even worse when Kim rejected Lisa’s blue bunny gift for her grandson. These days the two have supposedly mended things, although we also haven’t really seen them interact since that famous Halloween party where they decided to hug it out.

Porsha Williams and Kandi Burruss

Kandi and Porsha may have buried the hatchet for now, but that doesn’t mean their friendship is exactly solid. After all, it was only last year that Kandi threw Porsha out of Todd’s birthday party. And let’s not forget how vocal Kandi was about Dennis McKinley and his reported cheating ways. Or even that time Porsha said that Kandi tried to drug her. At this point it’s pretty obvious that Porsha believes Kandi is “fake as hell,” and Kandi is of the mindset that less Porsha in her life may be for the best. However, with these two it seems like there’s always new developments…

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Teresa Giudice and Danielle Staub

Ah Teresa and Danielle… you could argue that they’re the original franchise frenemies thanks to a memorable table flip and about a zillion instances in between. At this point in their tumultuous timeline the ladies are Insta-officially off again, something Teresa made pretty clear in the 10th season finale of RHONJ. Danielle has since confirmed the friendship is over, but given her reaction to the breakup she also seems thirsty enough to want to get things back to a good place already.

Tamra Judge and Jeana Keough

You can’t revisit the biggest Housewives feuds without going back to the wine toss that started it all. After Tamra split from Simon Barney in season five of RHOC, she was in her feelings about Jeana’s public comments about it all. By the time the sixth season finale rolled around, that wine glass was ready to be tossed in Jeana’s face, and the friends have never recovered. As recently as 2018 Tamra was still calling Jeana “nasty” in interviews and backing up her wine-soaked chucking skills, which gives us no hope that those two would ever, ever reconcile.

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Dorinda Medley and Ramona Singer

It’s no secret that Dorinda has been through a lot, but she also has plenty of anger issues to sort out. Some of that anger continues to be directed towards Ramona on RHONY, anger that’s been festering for a couple of years now ever since Dorinda accused Ramona of ditching her at the 2018 Angel Ball. And while Ramona did apologize for accidentally sitting at the wrong table, she’s also been super vocal about Dorinda’s former relationship with John, which didn’t always sit well with the widow. This year Dorinda seems to be focusing a lot of her efforts on tearing Tinsley down instead, but it was just last March that Dorinda confirmed to press that she and Ramona are absolutely still not on good terms.

Brandi Glanville and Lisa Vanderpump

Brandi and Lisa were besties for years before things turned sour, and that sourness is now a landmark of the RHOBH franchise. Back in season three Lisa was the one who encouraged a meet-and-greet between Brandi and Scheana Marie, aka the SURver who cheated with Brandi’s then-hubby Eddie Cibrian. Naturally the whole thing was an entry point to Vanderpump Rules, but things continued to spiral when Lisa kept pushing Scheana on Brandi. By the time Brandi threw Lisa under the bus during a season four trip to Puerto Rico for bringing those tabloids with her, things were just awkward. Then, when Brandi returned to make a guest appearance in season nine, the end of their friendship was basically confirmed.